July 8, 2010
11:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2010-23

"Hubble Repairman" Becomes Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University

July 8, 2010: NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld has walked in space eight
times and logged more than 800 hours floating in that deep,
dark void over the course of five space flights, including three
to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Now, he is about to
explore a new frontier: The Johns Hopkins University.

On July 1, the man nicknamed "the Hubble Repairman" became
a research professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of
Physics and Astronomy at the Krieger School of Arts and
Sciences. While at Johns Hopkins, Grunsfeld, who is deputy
director at the Space Telescope Science Institute, will continue
his research in astrophysics and the development of new
technology and systems for space astronomy.